Hertford County was the 81-43 winner over Holmes when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Hertford County Bears took a 78-62 bruising from the Holmes Aces on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (58), the Bears still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why Hertford County lost, don't look at Shimere Garris. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 32 points and 16 boards. That was a full 51.6% of Hertford County's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Remelo Roberston was another key player, putting up four points and seven rebounds.
Tucker Baldwin was his usual excellent self, going 9 for 18 to rack up 28 points along with six boards and five assists for Holmes. Those 28 points gave Baldwin a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Naijhir White, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine assists.
Hertford County has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-13 record this season. As for Holmes, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Coming up, Hertford County will venture away from home to face off against Manteo at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hertford County knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Manteo likes a good challenge. As for Holmes, they will host Camden County at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Holmes is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season.
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